[FC] Rampy issues

[Mervyn Krull]

cracked distributor that only opens up when it gets hot?
toodles
Merv Krull
Salmon Arm, BC
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Sent: Thursday, June 23, 2011 10:19 AM
Subject: [FC] Rampy issues


>I have been driving Rampy on an irregular basis ever since May 1st when she 
>came back from an extended stay in the "busted knuckle" garage. She now has 
>an almost new gas tank, gas filter and, also,  the battery - drain was 
>fixed. I drove her about 100 miles on errands the longest being 25 miles 
>each way to an old car show. Not so much  as a hiccup anytime anywhere. I 
>decided to enter her in another car show 70 miles away from home. On the 
>way to the show she ran like a new truck for the first 65 miles, then she 
>slowly started to stumble. The stumble became worse and worse until I was 
>just able to limp into the car show. While parked at the show I inspected 
>the points and a visual inspecytion of all elements of the electrical 
>system.  At the end of the day of the old car show,  I drove her to the gas 
>station and filled up on premium and headed east. The stumble became again 
>worse as she got hot. While "at speed" (60 MPH) she would run fine for a 
>few seconds then the motor woul
> d stumble  was if the "off " switch was thrown. Then she would just as 
> suddenly restart herself and run fine. I wound up towing her home for the 
> last 20 miles. Once in my garage she starts and idles perfectly. When cold 
> she ran perfectly. But, once the oil got hot, (my oil - temp guage read 
> about 150)  the stumble returned. I just managed to get her home by 
> coasting and using 2nd gear to go up hills very slowly. I removed the 
> coil, as I had not bothered checking it yet, and noted that the + 
> connection wire seemed to be a bit loose. I replaced the coil and took her 
> back out on the road. The stumble was no longer there. Could the stumble 
> and power loss under load have been caused by a bad coil or loose coil 
> connection? Do coils get hot as the car runs? It did not feel very hot 
> when I removed it from the motor?Another road test is coming soon. Tim '61 
> Rampy 140
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